diff --git a/src/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/qdbusxml2cpp.cpp b/src/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/qdbusxml2cpp.cpp
index 672242d665..0c35632e7b 100644
--- a/src/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/qdbusxml2cpp.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/qdbusxml2cpp.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ static bool verbose;
 static bool includeMocs;
 static QString commandLine;
 static QStringList includes;
+static QStringList globalIncludes;
 static QStringList wantedInterfaces;
 
 static const char includeList[] =
@@ -459,6 +460,12 @@ static void writeProxy(const QString &filename, const QDBusIntrospection::Interf
             cs << "#include \"" << include << "\"" << Qt::endl;
     }
 
+    for (const QString &include : qAsConst(globalIncludes)) {
+        hs << "#include <" << include << ">" << Qt::endl;
+        if (headerName.isEmpty())
+            cs << "#include <" << include << ">" << Qt::endl;
+    }
+
     hs << Qt::endl;
 
     if (cppName != headerName) {
@@ -772,6 +779,12 @@ static void writeAdaptor(const QString &filename, const QDBusIntrospection::Inte
             cs << "#include \"" << include << "\"" << Qt::endl;
     }
 
+    for (const QString &include : qAsConst(globalIncludes)) {
+        hs << "#include <" << include << ">" << Qt::endl;
+        if (headerName.isEmpty())
+            cs << "#include <" << include << ">" << Qt::endl;
+    }
+
     if (cppName != headerName) {
         if (!headerName.isEmpty() && headerName != "-"_L1)
             cs << "#include \"" << headerName << "\"" << Qt::endl;
@@ -1058,9 +1071,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     parser.addOption(classNameOption);
 
     QCommandLineOption addIncludeOption(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("i") << QStringLiteral("include"),
-                QStringLiteral("Add #include to the output"), QStringLiteral("filename"));
+                QStringLiteral("Add #include \"filename\" to the output"), QStringLiteral("filename"));
     parser.addOption(addIncludeOption);
 
+    QCommandLineOption addGlobalIncludeOption(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("I") << QStringLiteral("global-include"),
+                QStringLiteral("Add #include <filename> to the output"), QStringLiteral("filename"));
+    parser.addOption(addGlobalIncludeOption);
+
     QCommandLineOption adapterParentOption(QStringLiteral("l"),
                 QStringLiteral("When generating an adaptor, use <classname> as the parent class"), QStringLiteral("classname"));
     parser.addOption(adapterParentOption);
@@ -1086,6 +1103,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     adaptorFile = parser.value(adapterCodeOption);
     globalClassName = parser.value(classNameOption);
     includes = parser.values(addIncludeOption);
+    globalIncludes = parser.values(addGlobalIncludeOption);
     parentClassName = parser.value(adapterParentOption);
     includeMocs = parser.isSet(mocIncludeOption);
     skipNamespaces = parser.isSet(noNamespaceOption);
diff --git a/tests/auto/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/tst_qdbusxml2cpp.cpp b/tests/auto/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/tst_qdbusxml2cpp.cpp
index 6cbea1b328..db0c8af0fd 100644
--- a/tests/auto/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/tst_qdbusxml2cpp.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/tools/qdbusxml2cpp/tst_qdbusxml2cpp.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ private slots:
     void initTestCase_data();
     void process_data();
     void process();
+    void includeStyle_data();
+    void includeStyle();
 };
 
 struct BasicTypeList {
@@ -235,6 +237,53 @@ void tst_qdbusxml2cpp::process()
         QVERIFY2(output.count(adaptorSearch) == 1, qPrintable(adaptorSearch.pattern() + "\nin\n" + output));
 }
 
+void tst_qdbusxml2cpp::includeStyle_data()
+{
+    QTest::addColumn<bool>("isGlobal");
+    QTest::addColumn<QByteArray>("expected");
+
+    QTest::newRow("localInclude") <<  false << QByteArray("#include \"test.hpp\"");
+    QTest::newRow("globalInclude") <<  true << QByteArray("#include <test.hpp>");
+}
+
+void tst_qdbusxml2cpp::includeStyle()
+{
+    QFETCH(bool, isGlobal);
+    QFETCH(QByteArray, expected);
+    QFETCH_GLOBAL(QString, commandLineArg);
+
+    // feed it our XML data
+    static const char xml[] =
+            "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?>\n"
+            DBUS_INTROSPECT_1_0_XML_DOCTYPE_DECL_NODE // \n is included
+            "<node>\n"
+            "  <interface name=\"local.name.is.not.important\">\n"
+            "  </interface>\n"
+            "</node>\n";
+
+    // Run the tool
+    const QString binpath = QLibraryInfo::path(QLibraryInfo::BinariesPath);
+    const QString command = binpath + QLatin1String("/qdbusxml2cpp");
+    QProcess process;
+    process.start(command, QStringList() << commandLineArg << "-" << "-N" << (isGlobal ? "-I" : "-i") << "test.hpp");
+    QVERIFY2(process.waitForStarted(), qPrintable(process.errorString()));
+
+    process.write(xml, int(sizeof xml) - 1);
+    while (process.bytesToWrite())
+        QVERIFY2(process.waitForBytesWritten(), qPrintable(process.errorString()));
+
+    process.closeWriteChannel();
+    QVERIFY2(process.waitForFinished(), qPrintable(process.errorString()));
+
+    QByteArray errOutput = process.readAllStandardError();
+    QVERIFY2(errOutput.isEmpty(), errOutput);
+    QCOMPARE(process.exitCode(), 0);
+
+    QByteArray fullOutput = process.readAll();
+    QVERIFY(!fullOutput.isEmpty());
+    QVERIFY(fullOutput.contains(expected));
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_qdbusxml2cpp)
 
 #include "tst_qdbusxml2cpp.moc"